Will cardinals continue Pope Francis' progressive ways or will they turn back the clock in favor of traditionalists?

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

The African continent is home to one-fifth of the world's Catholics. Many are hoping the next pope will come from their ...

Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution ...

First, those who embrace Pope Francis’ wide-ranging, modernising changes in the Catholic church. The reform-minded pope made ...

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history.

The church has never elected an African pope in its modern history. If it did, it would likely indicate a continuing trend of ...

Catholic Church leaders in Africa remember Francis as a pontiff who kept the continent close to his heart, advocating for its ...

One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...